| Up the Yangtze | |
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 the film's poster | |
| Directed by | Yung Chang |
| Written by | Yung Chang |
| Produced by | Mila Aung-Thwin Germaine Ying-Gee Wong John Christou |
| Starring | Yu "Cindy" Shui Chen "Jerry" Bo Yu |
| Narrated by | Yung Chang |
| Cinematography | Wang Shi Qing |
| Edited by | Hannele Halm |
| Music by | Olivier Alary |
| Distributed by | Zeitgeist Films |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English and Mandarin |
Up the Yangtze is a 2007 documentary film directed by Chinese-Canadian director Yung Chang. The film focuses on people affected by the building of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze river in Hubei, China. The theme of the film is the transition towards consumer capitalism from a farming, peasant-based economy as China develops its rural areas. The film is a co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and Montreal's EyeSteelFilm with the participation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Geographic Channel, P.O.V., SODEC, and Telefilm. The film is being distributed in the USA by Zeitgeist Films. The United Kingdom distributor is Dogwoof Pictures.[1]
- ^ Afan, Emily Claire (19 November 2010). "Dogwoof acquires NFB docs". Playback. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2011.